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Organisation: Pure in Heart

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Pure dangerous

May I just refer to a very worrying, and in my opinion, dangerous organisation called “Pure in Heart”, going around the country giving sex education talks in schools, using scare tactics like sellotaping teens’ wrists together before ripping the dirty tape off — to signify the importance of sexual abstinence.

Tue, 04 Mar, 2014

Department warns schools over sex talks
Department warns schools over sex talks

The Department of Education has warned principals about inviting speakers into classrooms who use scare tactics, sensationalism or who lecture children morally.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2014

Faith issues - Schools need to include all

Pure in Heart, an Irish Catholic youth ministry, has sparked controversy over a classroom role play exercise it uses to promote the value of chastity.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2014

Encourage chastity, not contraception

YOUR editorial support of Mary Harney’s proposal to provide contraceptives to eleven-year-olds is in line with the Government advert ‘Think Contraception.’

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